PRESS REVIEW, 8 DEC: ZIMBABWE, CONGO-BRAZZA, IVORY COAST
-Zimbabwe row mars summit finale, BBC. Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe pulled his government out of the Commonwealth. And what followed was a collective yawn.

-Former Congo PM held in Kinshasa, BBC. Bizarre story about the arrest of the former prime minister of Congo-Brazzaville reportedly arrested the capital of the neighboring DRC after trying to enter the country on a fake identity.

-First steps taken towards lowering military tension [in Ivory Coast], IRIN.

-[Ivorian] Rebels release prisoners, refuse to return to Abidjan, IRIN.

-Draw for the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, FIFA. The group of death: Egypt, Cameroon, Ivory Coast.